The man swam across the channel to Ōkiato, followed by police in an inflatable boat. Photo: Supplied A suspected boat burglar has been arrested after jumping into the tide and leading police on a...

Red pineapples are among the fruits that Aaron McCloy grows. Photo: RNZ/Sally Round Growing pawpaw in Invercargill and bananas in Waikato is not such a weird idea these days, a tropical fruit tree grower...

Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Dargaville Hospital will remain open during a nurses’ strike next week and outpatients should attend their appointments unless told otherwise, Health New Zealand says. New Zealand Nurses Organisation...

Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf A Whangārei man has been arrested over a house fire that killed 61-year-old John Reuben. Reuben, also known as Hoani Reupena-Tuoro, died after a fire, allegedly started in...

Photo: Four men have been arrested following a terrifying armed robbery of a Far North electronics store earlier this month – but police are still hunting for two more. A Bay of Islands man...

Far North mayor Moko Tepania. Photo: Susan Botting / Local Democracy Reporter Northland Far North mayor Moko Tepania says he will support a challenge to a new rule around polling on Māori wards. Under...

Tangipo Ryder has to travel seven hours each way for a face-to-face consultation with her GP. Photo: Peter de Graaf/RNZ Kaitāia residents are being forced to drive as far as Auckland – and in...

When no doctors were available after hours, Dargaville Hospital was making use of telehealth service and transferring the sickest patients to Whangārei. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Stressed-out nurses in Dargaville are going...

St John Ambulance depot in central Auckland Photo: RNZ / Simon Rogers Kawakawa’s St John Ambulance station has been closed due to the discovery of toxic mould. St John Northland operations manager Ben Lockie...

By Shannon Pitman of Whangārei High and District Court Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf The last of the offenders implicated in a multimillion-dollar methamphetamine empire involving an intricate web of players and allegiances...